Focus on DGU Team Creative Producer – Tabi Mudaliar

Creative Producer -Tabi Mudaliar

Tabi Mudaliar is our Creative Producer and works with the team to deliver Creatives Unlimited.

Tabi is a writer, radio broadcaster, and film producer and she has been part of the DGU team since 2019. Her role involves working with the team to creatively develop and deliver a year-round, region-wide programme of support, training, mentoring, guidance, and events for the region’s creative sector across all art forms. We asked Tabi to share her top DGU memorable moments.

I spend most of my time with creatives so memorable moments are almost a daily occurrence. The day I attended a meeting at Gracefield Arts Centre and saw unique glimpses of original print works in the making. Or when I dropped in for coffee with a friend at A’ the Airts and was treated to a private viewing of their next gallery exhibition. Or when I was interviewing someone for their podcast on zoom, and by the end of the interview, I had a new friend. There was one Spring morning, in my home office, when I was the third person in the world to hear a newly composed piece of music. All these moments, and more, are why I love being a Creative Producer.

Briefly, and because I tend to find folks are not quite sure what I do, a Creative Producer is just as it says – I am a producer who plans, develops, organises, and leads in the delivery of films, recordings, events, courses, or creative projects – all with an added creative flair and vision. meant that the DGU AGM and Circuit event had to take place online via zoom, very early on in the first lockdown. That was an experience and one I will never forget. I have been a radio broadcaster for a number of years and have done filming and television previously but doing a live event, with performers, for over fifty people via zoom and being MC for it, was an experience all on its own; it was the online digital version of rubbing your tummy, patting your head, juggling, and reciting a poem, all at once! It went without a hitch, so much so that we did it again the following year.

My third memorable moment is a special one. I started working with DGU in late 2019. By the time the restrictions were in place in March 2020, I had only met with my colleagues in person on a handful of occasions. Fast forward to May 28th, 2022, and David McDonald, Maggie Broadley, and I – the DGU team - are finally together at my wedding, after almost two years of seeing each other only on zoom. That was a special day and I’m so happy by dear colleagues and friends were able to be there with me.

If I have to pick three memorable moments, they would be -

There is a Place is a short art film I am proud to have produced for DG Unlimited. I loved working with filmmaker James Alcott, poet Celia Donovan, and composer Ralph Kinsella, to bring the vision of the film to life. The producer is the unseen force behind a film. We put everything in place so the creatives can create, and the vision of the film is captured in sound and image. It’s one of my film productions that I am most proud of. You can see it here. https://www. dgunlimited.com/there-is-a-place.html

During the restrictions of 2020 we all had to adapt quickly. The timing of the start of the global pandemic Maggie Broadley, Tabi Mudaliar and David McDonald